West Africa Project Steering Committee 2014
4 February 2014
Venue:
Azalai Grand Hotel, Bamako, Mali

Agenda


08:00 Welcome of PSC members (R. Asiedu, Chairman PSC)

08:05 Follow up on action points from last meeting (R. Asiedu)

08.35 Management and implementation issues encountered since last PSC meeting (I. Hoeschle-Zeledon, Project Coordinator; A. Larbi, Chief Scientist) See presentation

09.00 Reflection on stakeholder meeting of previous day (J. Glover, USAID Representative),

09:45 Discussion and approval of farming systems analysis proposal from Wageningen University; approval of draft annual project budget

10:00 Break

10:30 M&E and Project Mapping Tool update (B. Haile, IFPRI) See presentation

10.45 Communications update (F. Afolabi, Project Communication Specialists) See presentation

11:00 Briefing about ESA Steering Committee meeting and PCT meetings (I. Hoeschle-Zeledon)

11:20 PSC membership (replacement of AfricaRice, new rep from CSIR, Communication, IFPRI)

11:45 Next activities and upcoming events (I. Hoeschle-Zeledon)

12:00 AOB (data management,…)

12:30 End of meeting

12:30 Lunch

Minutes of meeting

Participants

Participants for Steering committee meeting (4th Feb 2014)

Name
Organization
WA Steering Committee
1
A.B. Salifu
CSIR-Ghana
2
Asamoah Larbi
IITA-GHANA
3
Carlo Azzarri
IFPRI-USA
4
Farid Waliyar
ICRISAT-MALI
5
Hoeschle-Zeledon
IITA-NIGERIA
6
Jerry Glover
USAID-USA
7
Kathy Lopez
IITA-NIGERIA
8
Kehinde Makinde
AGRA-GHANA
9
Ousmane Ndoye
CORAF-SENEGAL
10
Robert Asiedu
IITA-NIGERIA
11
Faith Afolabi
IITA-NIGERIA
ESA Steering Committee
12
Carlo Azzarri
IFPRI-USA
13
Mateete Bekunda
IITA-TANZANIA
14
Mashinda Hassan
COSTECH- TANZANIA
15
Ivan Rwomushana
ASARECA-UGANDA
16
Felistus Patience Chipungu
MOA-MALAWI
17
Opio Fina
ASARECA-UGANDA
18
Hoeschle-Zeledon
IITA-NIGERIA
19
Jerry Glover
USAID-USA
20
Catherine Njuguna
IITA-TANZANIA
21
Oliver Jeffrey
IITA-ZAMBIA
22
Siambi Moses
ICRISAT-KENYA
23
Victor Manyong
IITA-TANZANIA
24
Faith Afolabi
IITA- NIGERIA